Parallel Worlds: Evolution Of Life Across The Cosmos

by Wallace Arthur

254 pages, Hardcover

Published January 2, 2025

About the author

Wallace Arthur is a Northern Irish evolutionary biologist, science writer, and Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Galway. Educated at the University of Ulster and the University of Nottingham, he became known for interdisciplinary work linking evolution, ecology, and developmental biology. Arthur was among the founding editors of the journal Evolution & Development and has held visiting positions at Harvard University and Darwin College Cambridge. His research has focused on evo-devo, animal body plans, developmental bias, and arthropod segmentation. In later years he turned toward astrobiology and the possibility of extraterrestrial life, explored in books such as Parallel Worlds: Evolution of Life Across the Cosmos. He supports an expanded evolutionary synthesis incorporating advances in developmental biology.